Chinese rocket Smart Dragon-3 launches test satellite

China on Wednesday used a Smart Dragon-3 (SD-3) carrier rocket to launch a test satellite into planned orbit, where it will test satellite internet technologies. 　

The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center launched the rocket from waters off the coast of Yangjiang, south China's Guangdong Province, at 3:24 a.m. (Beijing Time). 　

It is the second mission of the Smart Dragon-3 carrier rocket series.